Web Access Too Slow!

Web access is too slow on the Treo 650. I measured the connection speed using www.dslspeed.com/mspeed (cleared the cache before testing and used the 100k file to test). For the Sprint PCS proxy server I got 5kbit/s. When I switched to another proxy server I got 7 kbit/s, but it's still too slow to be useful. I was expecting close to 56kbit/s! Is it just me and my phone? Does anyone actually use the web access to look up a phone number for instance.

Web access is very fast for me...usually above 100kbit/second. I typically spend a good amount of time on the web - it's fast enough that I frequently don't bother with mobile sites and go to full-featured ones.

Thats's interesting since I am in Chicago as well and only get about 5-8k/sec when loading web pages. I wonder if something is wrong with the Chicago area. I have full strength too. I've never seen anything faster than like 12K/sec.

I consistently get over 100k at work, with four-bar signal strength, and "only" 15k-25k, sometimes less, at home, with one or two bars. The DSLReports test races right up to the 200kb test load without interruption at work, but "hangs" for seconds at a time along the way at home. For me, anyway, there's a a clear correlation between signal strength and download speed. The two locations are only 1.5 miles apart and, according to sprintsites.com, my home is closer to a tower than my office - so go figure. Maybe the fact that my office is on the fifth floor makes the difference.

I'm not complaining. I went from a 300 to a 650 - skipped the 600 because it had the same c****y screen as the 300 - and I'm in smartphone heaven.

I reset the Sprint Vision Password and had to get the Treo to reconnect, "provision" as Sprint puts it. Now the internet works like a champ (100kbit/s). I don't know what the deal was originally, but it works now. Thanks for the replies guys.
On another note if you go to the Keypad to dial and dial "##3283" it gets you to a screen for resetting/setting your Sprint Vision information. I found this out fron the Sprint rep.